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SEIU/MASC: Curiouser and Curiouser — Ongoing examination of the SEIU-Member Action Service Center continues to bring up interesting nuggets of information about the for-profit union subsidiary that received a $2 million tax credit from the state.

Michigan's Public Employee Relations Act: Public-Sector Labor Law and Its Consequences — The Michigan Public Employee Relations Act, which governs collective bargaining between local governments and their employees, is simultaneously among the most important and least-discussed laws ever passed by the Michigan Legislature.

How to Save $2.2 Billion — These recommendations combine reductions from current budgets and speculative savings that assume certain policy reforms.